Despite the confident rhetoric, Cornyn backed off claims that the RNSC was “done” with disparaged Missouri Senate candidate, Todd Akin, last week, joining other high profile Republicans to support Aiken in hopes of the GOP capturing the Senate. …

His bid for president flopped, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry still made headlines at the GOP convention. From “absolutely” considering another shot at the Oval Office to football metaphors, check out Rick Perry’s week in the national spotlight. …

The Texas primary, delayed three months by legal wrangling over redistricting, is upon us. With Rick Perry now a former candidate, the once-important presidential primary is largely an afterthought as …

U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz picked up another big-name endorsement Thursday when former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said on Glenn Beck’s radio show that “Ted Cruz is spellbinding, a tremendous orator and principled.” …

Was the lamest part the fact that Santo dropped the nod at 11:15 p.m. EDT Monday, when the elite media had already drunk their warm milk and gone to bed? Or the fact that he dumped the endorsement on his website. Or the fact that he waited until paragraph 13 of the 16-paragraph note to officially endorse Mitt? Or the fact that he spent most of the statement expressing his differences with Romney? …